The 15 Minute Movie Method

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The Parallel Goals of the Hero and Others

March 16, 2015
The best way to emphasize the goal of your hero is to create a parallel goal in a secondary character. By seeing the goal of...
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Begin with Something New and End with Something Final

March 13, 2015
Many people have great ideas for screenplays. The problem is turning that great idea into a compelling page turner for the next 110-120 pages. That’s...
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Avoiding 7 Crucial Log Line Mistakes

March 11, 2015
Script Magazine has an interesting article about 7 crucial log line mistakes. While you should read the article, here’s a summary of their list: It contains...
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The Invincible Hero

March 10, 2015
In most stories, the hero is an underdog battling against a more powerful villain. Think of “Rocky,” “The Karate Kid,” “Die Hard,” “Avatar,” “The Hunger...
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How Will It Make Money? and Why Should I Care?

March 5, 2015
The two questions you should ask yourself before writing any screenplay is “How will it make money?” and “Why should I care?” When a studio...
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Finding Great Movies

March 3, 2015
One sure way to be disappointed every week is to watch the latest Hollywood offerings in the theaters. A large majority of movies simply aren’t...
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Multiple Change, Multiple Stories

March 2, 2015
The quickest way to make a dull screenplay is to focus solely on the hero. Today’s screenplays need multiple stories so that way multiple characters...
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The Beginning Foreshadows the End

March 1, 2015
The best stories act like book ends with a beginning that mirrors the end. In “Whiplash,” the hero is practicing the drums in a room...
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No Change, No Story

February 18, 2015
“Kingsman” and “Mortdecai” are both stories about someone having wild adventures in an international arena, much like James Bond movies. The big difference is that...
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Learning From Bad Movies

February 15, 2015
It’s easy to watch  great movie and either be inspired or totally depressed thinking you could never write something half as good as what you...
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About Wallace Wang

First place winner in Scriptapalooza’s 2023 screenwriting competition for the supernatural horror screenplay titled “Nightmares From a Past Life”. Author of “The 15 Minute Movie Method”, “Story Starter”, and “Writing Scenes for Screenplays” in addition to over 50 computer books. Writer of “Three of a Kind”, a situation comedy produced by San Diego State University’s film class that won a student Emmy award. Designer of the board game “Orbit War”, published by Steve Jackson Games, that simulates satellite warfare in the near future.

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